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The following is a collection of excerpts from an interview with Johnny Perez, who went to prison at the age of 21 and served a total of 13 years in various New York City and State facilities. He spent an accumulated three years in solitary confinement, with his longest consecutive stay being ten months. Since his 2013 release, Perez […]

Voices from Solitary

Rikers Island

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/5/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/21/15]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/14/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/3/15]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/12/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/05/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/15/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/15]

Solitary Not Yet Over at Rikers, But Advocates Keep Fighting

Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

Seven Days in Solitary [12/21/2014]

Corrections Officer Found Guilty in Death in a Rikers Island Solitary Cell

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/2014]

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/14]